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Global capital increasingly sees Europe as a place to build, not simply to consume, frontier technologies. The momentum is already building. European venture capital volumes have grown roughly four- to five-fold over the past decade. Private equity fundraising reached record levels in 2024. Private credit assets have grown fivefold in a decade to more than €430 billion. Global capital increasingly sees Europe as a place to build, not simply to consume, frontier technologies. The task now is to accelerate what is already working. We see four themes that could help do exactly that. The first is giving world-class European companies…
Fans in Asuncion erupted with joy on Monday as Paraguay beat Germany on penalties to reach the World Cup last 16. Crowds watched José Canale score the decisive spot kick before hugging, waving flags and celebrating a result few expected. The victory sealed one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 tournament. Supporters hung on every kick of the shootout before relief gave way to celebration. Paraguay won 4-3 on penalties after goalkeeper Orlando Gill made key saves, sending the South American side through and knocking four-time champions Germany out of the World Cup.
Uzbekistan is targeting at least $5bn (€4.3bn) in IT and AI service exports by 2030, as the country tries to turn artificial intelligence from a digital policy priority into a wider economic sector. Annual IT exports have grown from less than $1m (€850,000) in 2017 to nearly $1bn (€850m), according to Sherzod Shermatov, Uzbekistan’s Minister of Digital Technologies, who said the next stage will depend on skills, investment and the ability to apply AI across businesses and public services. Officials, investors and AI specialists outlined the challenge in interviews with Euronews on the sidelines of the Tashkent International Investment Forum,…
With Europe’s heatwave in full swing, a trip to the coast is just what is needed to keep cool as temperatures continue to soar. And few destinations combine Mediterranean elegance and crystal-clear waters quite like the Italian Riviera. Online searches for “Italian Riviera towns” have surged by more than 5,000% over the past month, according to data released by tour operator Citalia, while interest in “things to do in Cinque Terre” has doubled in the past weeks. Stretching from the French border to northern Tuscany, Liguria combines colourful fishing villages, glamorous resorts, UNESCO-listed heritage and more Blue Flag beaches than…
Vor dem wichtigen Koalitionsausschuss am Mittwoch wächst die Zuversicht auf einen großen Durchbruch bei der Steuer- und Arbeitsmarktreform. Finanzminister Lars Klingbeil hat zwei Entwürfe auf den Tisch gelegt. Noch aber gibt’s ein Problem: Die SPD fordert massive Entlastungen, während die Union auf Subventionsabbau pocht. Gordon Repinski analysiert, warum es trotzdem Chancen auf einen großen Wurf gibt. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview rät der ehemalige hessische Ministerpräsident Roland Koch (CDU) seiner Partei zu Härte. Die Union müsse auf echter Arbeitsmarkt-Flexibilisierung und einer Ausweitung des Kuchens bestehen, anstatt einer reinen Reichensteuer zuzustimmen, die am Ende dem Wachstum schadet. Eine Wahlkreisreform des Bundestages könnte brisante Folgen…
By Sertac Aktan with AP Published on 30/06/2026 – 6:12 GMT+2•Updated 6:36 It was a busy night of tense finishes, a shootout upset, and a stoppage-time breakthrough that kept the tournament moving quickly into the next round. Here are the latest results and playtimes you need to know: Paraguay 1–1 Germany (Paraguay win 4–3 on penalties) Paraguay were the underdogs, but they took the lead just before half-time when Julio Enciso headed in Matías Galarza’s cross in the 42nd minute. It punished Germany for having plenty of the ball without creating clear chances. Germany hit back after the break when Florian Wirtz set…
Three very senior EU heavyweights are on the ground in Turkey today — just days before the NATO summit in Ankara. When EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos and Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner meet Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, security, migration, and connectivity between Europe and Central Asia will be top priorities. Next, the EU institutions’ big recruitment competition, the AD5 entry-level administrator admissions test, is going to get even more brutal than previous iterations. We dig deeper. And finally, last week’s heatwave hit Europe hard, but only about one in five households has air conditioning, and even…
Venezuelan authorities have raised the death toll to more than1,700 deaths from the twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 that struck the country’s coastal region last Wednesday, according to the latest official report released on Sunday. The president of Parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, also reported that the earthquakes left 5,034 people injured, while 15,866 remain displaced and another 22,619 are receiving care in health centres. The most worrying figure, however, comes from the United Nations, which estimates that there could be up to 68,000 people missing. La Guaira, epicentre of the disaster The state of La Guaira has suffered the…
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EU foreign ministers will start discussing the issue early September in the Irish east coast city of Wicklow. The French discussion paper, described by officials and diplomats as a very early-stage document aimed at laying out scenarios, sets out options for reforming the EU’s foreign policy architecture. It argues that the bloc’s external policy tools “are not necessarily used in an optimal way” and calls for strengthening the role of the Council ― which represents the capitals ― in their governance. The two-page document, first reported by the Financial Times, outlines three possible models: giving greater powers to the Commission,…